2012 summer is behind us and it is time to take stock. The tourism department heads Pepa Font data presented yesterday by Enrique Sastre, president of Red Cross Dénia, awarded the service.
A total of 60 volunteers have participated this year in surveillance, assistance, first aid and rescue work in the beaches dianenses in the 8 first aid points and 16 elevated chairs on our coast.
In total 7.973 interventions have been made, most of them (4.238) concerning health care. 23 have lost children, has served 14 boats, there have been 82 8 rescues and evacuations to hospitals. Sastre said this year have significantly decreased the attention by jellyfish sting.
A large part of the interventions (3.000) have been carried out on the beach of the Punta del Raset, being the one with the most influx of bathers, followed by Las Brisas (1.700 interventions) and Les Fonts (1.586 interventions).
Accessible bathroom service on the beaches of Dénia
During the past summer, a total of 125 users required the adapted bathroom service that is offered on the beaches of Punta del Raset, Marineta Cassiana y Bovetes. This service has 9 amphibious chairs, 3 bath chairs, 8 crutches and shaded areas for bathers, mostly Spanish, but also French, Dutch, Italian and English.
These three areas have also benefited bathroom with ramp, shower, adapted locker room, parking for users and shaded areas, plus a home collection service with the Red Cross vehicle adapted.
2013 Enhancements
For next summer the Department of Tourism will extend the high season two weeks, going to start 1 June. In addition, the mayor of the area, Pepa Font, reported a project to install more masts on the beaches busiest users to better indicate the status of the sea.
